Border Patrol Agent - Experienced

About the role

USBP is hiring immediately for full-time, career positions, where your prior law enforcement officer (LEO) experience may qualify you for higher-graded Border Patrol Agent (BPA) opportunities. Continue making a difference with the nation's premier federal agency charged with securing our borders and protecting our country.

Duties and responsibilities

• Deterring illicit activity and enhancing national economic prosperity
• Performing physical searches of detained individuals, their vehicles, and their immediate surroundings for weapons, contraband, currency, and other evidence
• Apprehending, physically restraining, or working with law enforcement officials to identify or apprehend violators of state, federal, or immigration laws
• Utilizing intelligence information to track illegal operations, criminal activity, threats to our nation, and/or contraband
• Leading investigations of fraud, contraband, criminal activity, threats to our nation, and/or illegal operations
• Apprehending violators of state, federal, or immigration laws by utilizing various forms of complex technology
• Make arrests and exercise sound judgment in the use of firearms
• Deal effectively with people in a courteous manner in connection with law enforcement matters
• Analyze information rapidly and make prompt decisions
• Develop and maintain contact with a network of informants

Qualifications

• GL-9: One year of specialized experience performing duties such as physical searches, apprehensions, and investigative reporting
• GS-11: One year of specialized experience performing duties such as leading investigations, apprehending violators, and utilizing complex technology

Benefits

• Base Salary: GL-9/GS-11, $65,545 - $124,717 per year
• Locality Pay: Varies by duty location
• Overtime Pay: Up to 25%
• Additional Incentives: Up to $60,000 in incentives for new hires, including $20,000 for prioritized locations and $40,000 over four years

Pay

• Base Salary: GL-9/GS-11, $65,545 - $124,717 per year
• Locality Pay: Varies by duty location
• Overtime Pay: Up to 25%

Schedule

• Full-time positions

Skills

• Proficient in the use of firearms
• Ability to speak and read Spanish

Benefits

• Health and insurance plans
• A generous annual and sick leave program
• Participation in the Thrift Savings Plan

Application

Click the Apply button on this site. You will be linked to the CBP Talent Network registration page. For Position of Interest, select Border Patrol Agent, and then complete the pre-screening questions. You’ll then receive a link(s) to the BPA Job Opening Announcements (JOAs) on USAJOBS, the federal government’s official employment site, to complete your application.